Boundary element computations in the forward and inverse problems of electrocardiography: Comparison of collocation and Galerkin weightings

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2124-2133

  Stenroos, Matti ^a   Haueisen, Jens ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary element methods (BEMs); Electrocardiography; Forward problem; Galerkin method; Inverse problem

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ERRORS; GALERKIN METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; METALLIZING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BASIS FUNCTIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD (BEM); BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHODS (BEMS); BOUNDARY ELEMENTS; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DISCRETIZATIONS; DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIAL POTENTIALS; FORWARD AND INVERSE PROBLEMS OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORWARD COMPUTATION; FORWARD PROBLEM; GALERKIN; GALERKIN METHOD; INVERSE COMPUTATION; INVERSE PROBLEM; MODELING ERRORS; OPTIMAL MODELING; POINT-COLLOCATION; SIMPLIFIED GEOMETRY; TRANSFER MATRIX; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CALCULATION; COLLOCATION WEIGHTING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GALERKIN WEIGHTING; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEASUREMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BODY SURFACE POTENTIAL MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

EID: 50049110425     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2008.923913     Document Type: Article

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